San José Youth Empowerment Alliance
Strategic Plan
2023-2025
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Table of Contents
St ra t e gic Pla n 2023-2025: A Ne w Pa t h 1
From t h e Ma yor of Sa n José 2
Wh o We Are 3
STRUCTURE 3
Why We Exist 4
YOUTH IN SAN JOSÉ 5
Wh a t We Do 6
CORE STRATEGIES 6
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES 11
St ra t e gies and Outcom es 13
OBJECTIVES AND KEY RESULTS 14
Ap p e n d ix A : Ma yor a n d Cit y Cou n cil 25
Ap p e n d ix B : Me m b e rsh ip 26
POLICY TEAM 26
TECHNICAL TEAM 27
Ap p e n d ix C : Op port u n it y Ne igh borh oods 28
Appendix D: Community Listening Session Participants 29 Acknowledgements 30
Executive Committee 30
Strategic Work Plan Committee 30
Strategic Plan 2023-2025:
A New Path
More than 30 years ago, there was a com m unity call to action – stop gang violence, save our children. Gang violence was plaguing neighborhoods and young people of color were killing each other. Today, the level of gang violence has dim inished, yet still affects young people, particularly those who are m arginalized by society, the econom y, public policies, and generational disadvantage. These sam e system ic risk factors am ong fam ily, peers, schools, and neighborhood conditions that allow gangs to grow, are the sam e factors that contribute to violence am ong young people in its different form s – bullying, dating, digital abuse, trafficking, and gun violence. Moving forward, this three -year Plan calls for a broader youth violence prevention strategy that will continue to address those factors related to gangs that harm com m unities.
As the City is advancing its com m itm ent to racial equity, this Plan seeks to develop and uphold policies and practices that ensure all young people—pa rticularly Black, Latino/a /x, Asian, and Pacific Islanders—have fair and just opportunities to reach their full potential. In this spirit, the Mayor’s Gang Prevention Ta sk Force will have a new nam e that rem oves the punitive labeling of gangs and em barks on a new journey – the San José Youth Empowerment Alliance.
Young people, their vision, values, and diversity of identities, m ust be acknowledged as one of San José’s greatest strengths. This plan will ensure that youth and com m unity voices are lifted and recognized as a part of the solution to the challenges to be addressed. Given that no single approach can address violence, its com plexity and the diversity of San José ’s young people, the plan will outline a path forward. This path continue s and enhances the variety of services and strategies for the prevention, intervention, and diversion/reentry services needed to relieve neighborhoods burdened by crim e and violence.
Relationships and partnerships with the County, service providers, com m unity m em bers, and funders are im portant ingredients to this work. Em erging and existing City initiatives that are driving toward sim ilar com m unity outcom es – safe, healthy, and thriving young people and their neighborhoods-- are an additive to the youth violence prevention strategy. Chiefly, the new Children and Youth Master Plan will align with the prevention objectives and connect strategies and approaches to am plify the goal of disrupting the pipeline to prison. Additionally, the recom m endations from the Reim agining Com m unity Safety Com m unity Advisory Group will be linked where appropriate to continue diverting young people and their fam ilies from the justice system , em powering com m unities, and prom oting healing where collective traum a has taken hold.
On the heels of the COVID-19 pandem ic and the turm oil in the sum m er of 2020, there is a renewed purpose fueled by passion, com m itm ent, and determ ination. Year by year, day by day, the City will continue to lead this effort that has yielded so m any successes with a clear vision, strategies, objectives, and key results in the 2023-2025 Plan. The City and its partners continue to strive for a place where all young people are safe and can live a long, productive, and healthy lives in a City where they know they BELONG.
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Who We Are
STRUCTURE
Since Mayor Susan Ham m er started the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Gang Prevention in 1991, elected officials have led the way with com m unity and faith-based leaders, schools, justice system , and service providers. This collective im pact structure has endured with two key cross-sectional bodiesresponsible for leading and im plem enting the collective im pact work: the Policy Team , including its three active subcom m ittees, and the Technical Team .
Mem bership is outlined in Appendix B.
Sets strategic direction, provides
resources, establishes goals,
m onitors progress.
POLICY TEAM TECHNICAL TEAM
Represents com m unity, com prising over 150
m em bers from over 70 agencies,
im plem enting the continuum of prevention,
intervention, diversion, reentry, healing.
In t e ra ge n cy Su b com m it t e e
Aim s to facilitate better coordination
between City and County services and
resources.
Com m u n it y En ga ge m e n t
Su b com m it t e e
Engages com m unity m em bers and
faith-based com m unities through
annual sum m it/conference, shares
inform ation, prom otes connections
to available resources. Involves
youth.
Te ch n ica l Te a m Su b com m it t e e
Develops responses, discusses
strategies for leveraging resources,
and prom otes cross-divisional
member engagement.
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Why We Exist
Our vision of ‘safe and healthy youth
connected to their families, schools,
communities, and their futures’ sets the
fram ework and drives our collective
efforts
. We accom plish our m ission (see
right) utilizing the following Guiding
Principles: • We value our youth. • We cannot arrest our way out of this problem .
• We will address this com m unity
challenge with a com m unity
response.
• We will hold our youth accountable for their actions
and assist them to get back on the right path.
• We will not give up on any youth and are com m itted
to facilitating personal transform ation.
Although the num ber of gang m otivated and gang related crim es —including violent crim es
like hom icide, robbery, rape, and aggravated assault—in San José has trended downwards since 2018, overall crim e and violence continue to be top concerns for m any residents, averaging 44 incidents each m onth
since January 2021. Adult residents wh
o
participated in a series of com m unity
crim e and violence as their top concern
im pacting their quality of life, and youth
listening session participants cited it as
their second greatest concern. The long-
term investm ent in City-operated and
com m unity-based youth intervention
services has ensured that San José has a
variety of services to prevent and to
address issues of violence am ong youth
and young adults.
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5 YOUTH IN SAN JOSÉ
Of the over one m illion residents in San José, the youth population (age seventeen and younger) accounts for 22% of the city’s total population, and an additional 9% of the population are young adults between 18-24 years of age.2 An estim ated 17,872 young people between the ages of 5 and 24 live in nine Project Hope neighborhoods. The City directly and through providers served 4,973 young people in 2021-22. Youth, young adults, and their fam ilies face a variety of econom ic, social-em otional, environm ental, and system ic risk factors that can contribute to violence. Som e of these challenges include:
You t h Livin g in Pove rt y in Sa n José 3
Lin ks Be t w e e n You t h Hom e le ssn e ss, You t h
St re ssors, a n d Ga n g Me m b e rsh p 7
You t h Hom e le ssn e ss
A 2019 survey of youth and young adults experiencing
hom elessness in San José, the Hom eless Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (HYRRS), found that 29% witnessed
gun violence, 15% were victim s of gun violence, 18% felt endangered related to gangs, and 13% had been a part
of a gang at som e point in their life.4
Su bst a n ce Use
Men ta l Hea lt h
Ab u se , Ne gle ct , a n d Tra u m a
Between January 2018 and May 2022,
61 residents of San José ages 12 to 24
have died due to drugs, 84% (51) of
which can be at least partially
attributed to fentanyl.5
Mental health was one of the top concerns cited by youth who participated in a series of com m unity listening
sessions in early 2022. Many youth in San José are not
accessing the m ental services they need, with California providing fewer m ental health services to youth under
the age of 19 than any other state.6 Cultural barriers and stigm as toward m ental health services also contribute to low utilization of services.
Fifty-three (53%) percent of the 1,541 youths
who were screened by Santa Clara County
Probation for child welfare history in 2020
had at least one child welfare referral where
the youth was the alleged victim of neglect
and/or abuse , and 67% of m ale and 79% of
fem ale youth on probation in 2020 reported
experiencing a traum atic event such as
witnessing violence, dom estic violence ,
sexual abuse, the death of a
parent/sibling/friend, divorce, serious
accident, or other m ajor event.8
You t h Cit a t ion s
On average, youth in San José accounted for 57% of the
youth citations in the County between 2016 and 2020.
9 15%
14%
11%
6%
5%
3%
Native Am erican
Latino/a/x
Black
Two or More Races
Asian/Pacific Islander
White
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What We Do We take a com prehensive approach with a public health lens which m eans we view youth violence as preventable. Through the im plem entation of strategies prom oting the developm ent of protective factors that can buffer against vulnerabilities early and often, the im pact of risk factors m ay lessen, and young people’s resiliency is strengthened. Additionally, when interventions through program s, services, and policies focus on the shared risk factors at the individual, relational, com m unity, and
societal levels, we can address youth
violence in its m ultiple form s. These strategies are carried out by contracting out for services and by City
operated program s along with County
funded program s and services. City
programs provide prevention and
intervention services to young people
Citywide and through school-based services. Contracted com m unity-based services are provided directly through the BEST grant program in opportunity neighborhoods, form erly known as hot spots. Over 30 years, this strategic investment in this continuum of services and supports within schools, neighborhoods, and broader com m unity has continued to evolve through new partnerships to im plem ent evidence-based, culturally-relevant, traum a-inform ed violence prevention, intervention, diversion, and reentry practices. CORE STRATEGIES There are three core strategies, a place-based approach, a com prehensive approach and partnerships and interagency collaboration, that contribute to its continued success.
A Com p re h e n sive Ap p roa ch
The new youth violence prevention strategy has evolved into four m ain objectives:
prevention, intervention, diversion and re-entry, and healing.
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The Youth Em powerm ent Alliance (Alliance) leverages its diverse m em ber agencies and stakeholders to provide services and im plem ent practices across the continuum of prevention to reentry services that are aim ed at building up the assets of our City’s youth and com m unities. The Alliance’s partner City, County, and com m unity organizations offer San José youth, young adults, and their fam ilies services and program s that prom ote positive youth developm ent; strengthen com m unities and support system s; and increase access to positive learning, recreation, and em ploym ent opportunities.
Along this continuum , prevention and intervention rem ain key strategies that have yielded im portant life-saving results. The previously nam ed ‘suppression’ objective is being redesigned to em phasize diverting young people from arrest and the justice system and focusing on their ability to succeed once they re-enter neighborhoods after incarceration. It is re cognized that violent offenders m ust be held accountable. As a key partner, SJPD has also played a critical role in the Alliance ’s prevention strategies, including com m unity policing efforts. SJPD’s Crim e Prevention Unit prom otes police and com m unity partnerships, provides inform ation to residents through com m unity presentations, and gives referrals to the public regarding m atters related to crim e prevention and quality of life issues.
A Pla ce-Ba se d App roa ch
We recognize that where young people live, learn and play m atter, especially when it com es to youth developm ent. Som e com m unities are still experiencing the im pact of historic underinvestm ent and lim ited access to resources and opportunities. Although San José is the hub of Silicon Valley, the bene fits are not equally shared am ong its residents. The youth, young adults, and their fam ilies living in these neighborhoods face disproportionate challenges of high poverty, concentration of gangs and crim e, lim ited econom ic opportunity, and inequitable education resources, housing instability and lim ited affordable housing options, and fewer supports.
Every three years, analysis is conducted to identify areas facing the greatest challenges and m ost in need of targeted services, resources, and support. These designated areas then become
Opportunity Neighborhoods - areas in San José that have experienced the m ost youth crim e, including gang-related activity and crim es. Opportunity Neighborhoods are determ ined on a bi-annual basis through a collaborative exe rcise engaging input from MGPTF Technical Team organizations, quantitative data from the San José Police Departm ent, and on the ground, qualitative input from partners. Services will be contracted for all areas of San José with a special em phasis on Opportunity Neighborhood areas, as determ ined by the Youth Em powerm ent Alliance (Appendix C).
Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 8 Helping to support nine of the Opportunity Neighborhoods is the com m unity em powerment effort called Project Hope. Project Hope aim s to support four key com m unity goals which consist of developing sustainable, organized group of com m unity leaders, prom oting safer, cleaner environm ent, supporting inform ed residents who can access City services, and developing partnerships that assist in sustaining efforts. Nine neighborhoods across six Council Districts are provided a team of City staff to encourage, develop and sustain resident leadership for long-term empowerment.
Proje ct Hop e Sit e s
District 1 – Cadillac/Winchester
District 2 – Edenvale/Roundtable
District 3 – Washington
District 3 – Jeanne
District 5 – Foxdale
District 5 – Poco Way
District 7 – Santee
District 8 – Welch Park
District 10 – Hoffm an/Via Monte
Many partnering agencies like the San José Police Departm ent (SJPD), County Probation’s Neighborhood Safety Unit (NSU), the District Attorney’s Office Com m unity Prosecution Unit and Public Health’s East San José PEACE Partnership use sim ilar place -based approaches, overlaying their initiatives and resources in the sam e or adjacent areas to increase the positive im pact on the com m unities. The County’s Cross Agency Services Team or CAST is looking to leverage the collaborative, com m unity-driven work in a Project Hope area to demonstrate how a ‘no-wrong door’ approach can im prove outcom es for youth and fam ilies.
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Pa rt n e rsh ip s a n d In t e ra ge n cy
Colla b ora t ion
Youth violence prevention cannot be done
by one entity alone. The strong culture of
relationship building and interagency
collaboration has helped to break down silos
and leverage existing resources in support of
shared goals. Active interagency
participation through the Policy Team and
Technical Team structure prom otes shared
decision-m aking but also strategic and
operational alignm ent. The City’s history of innovation in violence intervention has led to success in receiving
State grants from the California Violence
Intervention and Prevention Grant Program
(CalVIP) and the California Governor’s Office
of Em ergency Services (CalOES). Grant
funding supports the Traum a to Trium ph
hospital-based, violence-intervention
program at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
and Regional Medical Center of San José. City
leadership participates in the California
Violence Prevention Network with 13 m ajor
California cities to share best practices in the
area of youth violence prevention strategies.
Nationally, San José was recognized as one of
the first six cities in the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention during the Obam a Adm inistration. This history of cooperation and long
-standing regional, State, Federal partnerships have
created a sustainable m echanism for change and contributed to a shared vision for safe, healthy, and thriving com m unities across San José.
Re im a gin in g Com m u n it y Sa fe t y
In the wake of the Spring 2020 civil unrest
from the m urder of George Floyd, the City
Council established the Reim agining
Com m unity Safety Advisory Com m ittee , a
com m unity-led body tasked with
developing recom m endations for new
approaches to public safety in San José.
The Com m ittee’s work included
recomm endations for reform s to the
Police Departm ent, new service m odels to
address public safety issues, and initiatives
to im prove public safety through
prevention and addressing root causes.
On May 10, 2022, the City Council accepted
the Com m ittee’s final report, which
included 50 recom m endations developed
by the Com m ittee and a further 38
recom m endations developed by a Youth
Council established by the Com m ittee to
conduct outreach to youth on public safety
reform s. These recom m endations are now
being tracked as part of the City’s
overarching effort to continuously im prove
policing in San José and advance
innovative approaches to public safety.
Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 10 Within the City’s Adm inistration, there are several critical City priorities that are interconnected to this youth violence prevention strategy. We do not act in a vacuum and pride ourselves in collaborating, leveraging, and ensuring that there is intentional im pact to achieve our collective outcom es without fatiguing or over program m ing com m unities.
Key initiatives that are
em bedded in this plan
include the Children and
Youth Services Master Plan to
advance youth wellness with
a cradle to career focus, and
the Reim agining Com m unity
Safety Advisory Com m ittee ,
that have strong linkages to
the work of youth violence
prevention and em powering
com m unities to play a role in
their health and safety.
We know that m eeting the basic econom ic needs of fam ilies through the COVID-19 Recovery Task Force and preventing hom elessness through rental support, eviction prevention through the Com m unity Plan to End Hom elessness can have positive im pacts on violence in our com m unity. Conversely, strong reentry program s that prioritize housing and em ploym ent connections post-incarceration prevent hom elessness.
This three - year plan will identify alignm ent opportunities to support these existing initiatives and determ ine where our collective im pact m odel is the appropriate venue to facilitate or im plem ent recom m endations and strategies from these cross-cutting initiatives.
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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
The San José Youth Em powerm ent Alliance invests in both com m unity-based program m ing and City-based intervention and neighborhood services for youth ages 6-24. This diverse service delivery approach m eets the needs of youth, young adults, fam ilies, and residents wherever they are or whatever their needs m ay be.
PERSONAL
TRANSFORMATION
THROUGH COGNITIVE
BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
AND LIFE SKILLS
EDUCATION
(Sch ool-based)
Services to engage youth in critical thinking and decision-m aking activities that result in transform ing their lives. Curricula focuses on recognizing harm ful behavioral and th ought p atterns and providing tools and coping m echanism s to shift negative thinking in ways that produce positive behavioral outcom es. School support groups will focus on intraperson al and interpersonal problem s, enhan cing youth school engagem ent and perform ance.
STREET OUTREACH
INTERVENTION
SERVICES
Services to engage youth and fam ilies at highest risk for gang involvem ent in City- identified Opportun ity Neighborhoods. Street Outreach Workers will reach out to Opportunity Neighborhoods to m ake contacts with youth, fam ilies, schools, and other service providers.
VOCATIONAL/ JOB
TRAINING SERVICES
Offers em ploym ent training program s for youth wh o are involved or at risk of becom ing involved in the juvenile justice system to prepare participants for em ploym en t and m ay also provide job placem ent services and the support necessary to help participants retain em ploym ent already secured.
PARENT AWARENESS/
TRAINING & FAMILY
SUPPORT
Parent training includes a curriculum to assess and enable/encourage the following: cultivating supportive parent–child relationships, positive disciplinary m ethods; close parental m onitoring and supervision; parental advocacy for their children; and parents’ pursuit of inform ation and su pport services to aid with consistently buffering you th from influences leading to risky behaviors. Services is also intended to increase fam ily access to services and provide parents/caregiver to becom e m ore involved in their children’s healthy developm ent.
CASE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES
Services provide an individualized approach to developing long-term goals with youth who are at highest risk for gang involvem ent. Case Managem ent Services include an extensive risk assessm ent and individualized service plan for youth and provide the services necessary to reach their identified service plan goals.
BEST Eligible Service Areas
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Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 13 Strategies and Outcomes
The strategies for the next three years center around Prevention, Intervention, Diversion and Re -entry, and Healing. Diversion and Healing are two new fundam ental pillars.
Preven tion : We prevent youth violence by raising awareness, educating, and engaging youth with positive recreational, social, and mental health services to increase protective factors at the individual, family, peer, and community levels.
Policy and systems changes can yield substantial benefits.
In t e rve n t ion: We stop violence and provide youth with positive alternatives, opportunities, and environments. For over 30 years the City, schools, partners, and providers have intentionally service youth who are exhibiting higher risk factors and involved in violent behaviors. Individual services plus neighborhood initiatives are key strategies.
Dive rsion + Re -entry: We believe in relational policing efforts coupled with second chances and community-based approaches. Law enforcement and the justice system have a role in protecting community from violent offenders. We reduce recidivism with opportunities which are required for successful transition and reintegration into community after a young person is released from detention or incarceration.
Diversion is a long-standing practice to ensure that people are held accountable through effective alternatives to incarceration. Today’s Police Departm ent also em phasizes relational policing efforts to build trust and ensure that suppression is not racial m otivated but driven by crim inal behaviors.
Healing: We believe race, place, and history matters. Adverse childhood and community experiences contribute to poor outcomes and to the cycle of violence in families, neighborhoods, and institutions. Trauma -informed practices to disrupt interpersonal and institutional violence promotes healing.
Healing is a new strategic pillar that is recognized as both a specific strategy and also as a cross-cutting practice over all strategies. This plan calls for institutional reflection on its inclusion practices as well as expanding upon the com m itm ent to trauma-inform ed operations and services. A key result will be lifting the voices of those m ost im pacted by youth violence and those closest to the com m unities experiencing its effects.
Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 14 We are com m itted to accountability and understanding the progress being m ade to im prove the lives of the young people served by City funded program s and services. Outcom es at the program leve l will be reported in 2024, the second year of this plan. Com m unity level indicators identified below will inform the com m unity and policy m akers on an annual basis about how the City’s youth are doing overall in achieving educational and safety benchm arks.
In addition to quantitative data, people’s perceptions of violence and safety are also key aspects to assess broader notions of success. Disaggregating this data by race/ethnicity at a m inim um, will advance our current analysis and ability to respond to our diverse com m unities.
OBJECTIVES AND KEY RESULTS
This strategic plan will use the City’s newly adopted Objectives and Key Results form at for identifying what is planned to be achieved collectively on an annual basis. This form at provides for m easurable results to be m onitored on a quarterly basis including raising any roadblocks or dependencies to be com m unicated and for successes to be captured. It provides a concise visual of conveying the plans and actions that is driven by a variety of stakeholders. (See Appendix E, Pg. 33)
The following pages breakdown the following Objective and Key Results:
• 4 strategic objectives to be com pleted by the end of Decem ber 2025 o Metrics for each strategic objective will be com pleted with partners during Year 1 (i.e. increase protective factors by 10%, reduce recidivism by 5%) • 12 planned key results to be com pleted by the end of Decem ber 2023 • Ties com m unity input and data to the planned key results
COMMUNITY-WIDE INDICATORS
✔ Decreased youth (10-24) violence
incidents, injury, & hom icide
✔ Decreased youth (10-24) arrests &
recidivism
✔ Im proved perceptions of neighborhood
safety
✔ Decreased chronic absenteeism
✔ Increased on tim e high school
graduation
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
✔ Reduced incidents in 82 schools
✔ Im proved school attendan ce
✔ Increased job placem ent
✔ Reduced substance use
✔ Reduced justice involvem ent
✔ Im proved hopefulness, sense of
purpose
By a ge , ra ce , loca t ion , ge n d e r id e n t it y, a n d d isa b ilit y w h e n p ossib le Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 15 Prevention
The City aim s to prom ote positive youth developm ent and safe spaces for youth and young adults to learn and grow. However, youth and young adults are continuing to face challenges and stressors that directly im pact their overall wellness and can have a significant negative im pact on their educational and em ploym ent opportunities, fam ily and social relationships, physical health, and increase risk of violence involvem ent. There is an opportunity to better address these needs upfront through prevention services.
Prevention Key Result # 1
De ve lop a You t h Viole n ce Pre ve n t ion t ra in in g p la n for b u llyin g preven t ion , su bst a n ce u se, m en t a l h ea lt h , a n d h ea lt h y rela t ion sh ips.
Objective: Increase knowledge and protective factors in young people Com m u n it y List e n in g Se ssion In pu t
Adults and youth participants in the
com m unity listening sessions shared several
concerns related to overall youth wellness,
including student harassm ent, school fights,
substance use, and unm et m ental health
needs, and requested m ore program m ing
and incre ased access to services to better
m eet these needs.
Seven percent of students ages 12–18
reported being called hate-related words
and 22% reported being bullied at school
during the school year in 2019. This rate
of bullying is even higher for students of
two or m ore races at 37%.10
21.8 percent of students in grades 9–12
reported that illegal drugs were m ade
available to them on school property during
the previous 12 m onths.
12 The pandem ic has also significantly
increased the need for behavioral health
prevention and early intervention
services with intentional self-harm
am ong youth ages 13-18 increasing by
91% during the first six m onths of the
pandem ic, overdoses increasing by 95%,
and diagnoses of m ajor depressive
disorder increasing by 84%.11
Why are we targeting this key Preven tion result?
Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 16 In 2021, there were 14,802 registered, legally purchased firearm s within San José, which alone can contribute to incidents of youth and com m unity violence, especially when firearm s are not stored safely. However, there is also a growing num ber of firearm s that are illegally m anufactured and produced that are contributing to violent crime. These are unserialized, kit-built firearm s often referred to as ghost guns. Through its Gun Related Intelligence Program (GRIP), the County’s Crim e Lab identifies and exam ines ghost guns. Recent data indicate s the alarm ing proliferation of ghost guns with a 200% increase from 2020 to 2021.13 The prevalence of these unregistered ghost guns is contributing to an increase in gun violence with both annual firearm deaths and nonfatal injury em ergency departm ent visits rising since 2018. 14 Firearm related deaths across the County between 2005 and 2020 have been heavily concentrated within San José, and African Am erican and Latino/a residents are disproportionately im pacted by gun assaults and hom icides.
Non fa t a l Fire a rm In ju ry Em e rge n cy
De p a rt m e n t Visit s a n d Fire a rm De a t h s
Com m u n it y List e n in g Se ssion In pu t
Youth identified the prevalence of guns in the
com m unity as a concern, with one youth noting that
guns are easily accessible and other youth expressing
that youth with guns was their greatest concern about
their neighborhood.
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Prevention Key Result # 2
Dissem in a t e in form a t ion in a ll Cit y a n d Cou n t y fa cilit ie s on e xist in g gu n violen ce preven tion a nd sa fety pra ctices, ordina n ces Why are we targeting this key Preven tion result?
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b y Sa n t a Cla ra Cou n t y Crim e La b
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Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 17 Although program m ing and services has grown over 30 years, there rem ains a constant need to share inform ation about these services and prom ote them within the neighborhoods that need them the m ost. Targeted outreach and accessible engagement strategies rem ain a foundational com ponent of any initiative focused on prevention and intervention.
Intervention
Objective: Reduce youth risk factors in Opportunity Neighborhoods and schools
The
Prevention Key Result # 3
Im p le m e n t a m u lt ilin gu a l ca m pa ign t o ra ise a wa re n e ss of pu blicly fun ded you t h violen ce redu ct ion program s Intervention Key Result # 1
De live r e xp a n d e d BEST Eligib le Se rvice s in clu din g youth -driven , wh ole fa m ily, pla ce -ba sed st ra t egies.
Com m u n it y List e n in g Se ssion In pu t
With the rising costs of living and overall econom ic uncertainty that so m any San José fam ilies are experiencing, both youth and adult residents expressed a strong desire for services and program m ing that could help support their fam ilies’ and com m unity’s overall wellbeing. For exam ple, residents expressed the desire for jobs and job training, parenting support, educational services, basic needs and financial support, m ental health services, and housing services.
Why are we targeting this key In t e rve n t ion result? Com m u n it y List e n in g Se ssion In pu t
Adult and youth residents identified targeted outreach and com m unity engagem ent as a solution to m any com m unity needs, recognizing that m any youths and fam ilies who could benefit from City and partner services and resources but are not accessing them or aware of them.
Why are we targeting this key Preven tion result?
Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 18 The BEST Program provides funding to qualified nonprofit service providers and has historically focused on strengths-based youth program m ing and providing a safe space for youth and young adults. With both youth and adult residents expressing the need for additional supportive program m ing, especially in historically underinvested neighborhoods, this Plan recognizes the im portance of furthering the leveraging service s in a place-based approach.
Com m unity spaces in which youth and young adults spend their tim e, including the accessibility, design, and m aintenance of these spaces, can im pact the risk of com m unity violence and perceptions of safety for residents.15 In San José, as in other cities across the country, historical underinvestm ent and land use decisions have disproportionately im pacted com m unities of color and low-incom e groups resulting in lower levels of infrastructure m aintenance and less opportunity for com m unities to develop resiliency factors that help prevent violence, such as accessible parks and recreation facilities, welcom ing com m unity and public gathering spaces, and landscaping and building designs that affect feelings of safety.16 The City and its partners will deliberately focus our efforts in these historically underinvested com m unities to enhance their built environm ent in ways that prom ote safety.
Intervention Key Result # 2
Id e n t ify b locks wit h h igh ra t e s of youth violen ce t o pilot en h an cem ent s an d focu s on bu ilt en viron m ent resou rces Com m u n it y List e n in g Se ssion In pu t
Both youth and adults stressed the im portance of their com m unity spaces in preventing violence. Residents identified specific issues that contributed to a sense of unsafe spaces, including a lack of streetlights, overgrowth of bushes, and cars speeding through their neighborhoods.
Why are we targeting this key In t e rve n t ion result? “Wh e n sp a ce s a re in t e n t ion a lly d e sign e d for people t o con n ect in posit ive wa ys a nd enga ge in posit ive a lt ern a t ives t o violence, t hey ca n im prove percept ions of com m unit y sa fet y.”
Source: The Prevention Institute –
Community safety by design: Preventing violence through la nd use16 Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 19 Success in education not only offers youth and young adults a pipeline to a career but also the opportunity to grow as an individual, learn new skills, and learn how to express them selves. However, as shown in the figures above, school cam puses do not feel safe for som e youth, ham pering opportunities for growth and educational success. It is im portant that the City and our partners continue to align efforts to ensure that youth have access to safe spaces on and around school property to learn, grow, and be successful in their education.
Intervention Key Result # 3
Con d u ct a t le a st 3 a d d it ion a l you t h -led, sch ool sa fet y initia tives Com m u n it y List e n in g Se ssion In pu t
Several com m unity listening session adult participants also noted increases in school fights and weapons on school cam puses, highlighting the need for further action to im prove the safety of San José school cam puses.
Sa fe t y Con ce rn s Re p ort e d b y St u d e n t s Age s 12-18, 201917 Reported that they had been afraid of attack or harm at school during the school year
Figh t s a n d We a p on s a t Sch ool Re p ort e d b y St u d e n t s in Gra d e 9-12, 201918 Why are we targeting this key In t e rve n t ion result? 5%
9% Reported a gang presence at their school during the school year 8% Reported having been in a physical fight on school property in the previous 12 m onths
3% Reported carrying a weapon on school property during the previous 30 days
7% Reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property during the previous 12 m onths
Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 20 Diversion & Re-entry
Objective: Divert young people ages 12-24 from incarceration and reduce recidivism
For m any youths, young adults, and their fam ilies across San José , accessing affordable housing and em ploym ent opportunities that can support their basic needs rem ains a significant challenge. This challenge is am plified for youth and young adults who are returning to their com m unity after a period of system involvem ent due to system ic barriers, historical underinvestm ent in m any San José com m unities, and lim ited resources or opportunities available for individuals who have legal system involvem ent. A young person’s inability to access housing and/or em ploym ent opportunities can increase their risk of exposure to violence and/or gang involvem ent.
A 2019 survey of youth and young adults experiencing hom elessness in San José, the Hom eless Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (HYRRS),20 found that 29% witnessed gun violence, 15% were victim s of gun violence, and 18% felt endangered related to gangs. The City and its partners aim s to provide targeted support to these young people during this challenging transition period of reentry to help reduce their chances of future system involvem ent and exposure to violence.
Diversion and Reentry Key Result # 1
Hou se a t lea st 6 you n g people relea sed from Depa rt m en t of Ju ve n ile Ju st ice or Cou n t y Proba t ion
Com m u n it y List e n in g Se ssion In pu t
Concerns and stress related to
housing, having basic needs m et, and
the rising cost of living were prevalent
across youth and adult residents.
Cost of Hou sin g a n d Re n t
An individual living alone would need to
earn at least $54 an hour—3.5 tim es the
m inim um wage—to afford an average
two-bedroom apartment.19
Why are we targeting this key Dive rsion & Re -entry result? Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 21 Gun ownership across California increased by 55% between 2015 and 202021, and as shown on page 16, the num ber of unserialized ghost guns has drastically increased in Santa Clara County. This rising prevalence and accessibility of guns in San José com m unities increases the risk of exposure to and cycles of violence for youth and young adults. Research has found that often just a sm all num ber of individuals in a com m unity are involved in cycles of violence, often both as victim s and perpetrators. Efforts focused on these youth who have com m itted gun-related offenses have shown to be m ore effective in breaking the cycle of violence .
22 As such, a robust response is needed to interrupt the need to carry a gun.
In 2023, the City is com m itted to working with its partners and the com m unity to develop a full com m unity-level response for those youths who have comm itted gun related offenses.
Ultim ately, this will benefit the youth them selves, as well as the larger com m unity, helping to ensure the positive outcom es this plan will achieve.
Diversion and Reentry Key Result # 2
Com p le t e d e sign of a com m u n it y-level respon se for you t h wh o h a ve com m it t ed gu n -relat ed offen ses
Discon n e ct e d You t h Age s 16-24 in Sa n t a Cla ra Cou n t y, 2019
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12%
All
Asian or Pacific Islander
African Am erican or Black
Hispanic or Latino
Mixed/Another
People of Color
White
All Fem ale Male
Why are we targeting this key Dive rsion & Re -entry result? Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 22 In Santa Clara County, the num ber of youth and young adults who are neither enrolled in school or em ployed—or disconnected youth—has slowly decreased over the last twenty years from 7% of youth ages 16 through 19 in 2000 to 3% in 2019.23 However, disparities still exist with m any youth and young adults of color between the ages of 16 and 24, particularly those who are Hispanic or Latino and fem ale youth of color, being m ore likely to be disconnected from both school and work.24
Connecting youth and young adults who are looking for em ploym ent with job readiness, training, and placem ent services can help youth and young adults develop a positive outlook for their future and ultim ately becom e part of a vibrant San José com m unity. This connection to positive em ploym ent opportunities is especially critical for youth and young adults who m ay be at risk of exposure to violence or system involvem ent.
Healing
Ob je ct ive : Advance traum a-inform ed, healing-centered approaches Diversion and Reentry Key Result # 3
Con ve n e e m ploym e n t se ct or e xp e rt s t o p la ce a t lea st 15 h igh risk you t h
Why are we targeting this key Dive rsion & Re -entry result? Com m u n it y List e n in g Se ssion In pu t
Com m unity listening session participants expressed the need for access to jobs and econom ic opportunities, job training, and workforce developm ent program m ing.
Why are we targeting this key Healin g result?
“He a lin g ce n t e re d e n ga ge m e n t is a st re n gt h - based approach that advances a h olist ic vie w of
h e a lin g a n d re -cen t ers cu ltu re a nd iden tit y a s ce n t ra l fea t u re s in wellbe in g.”25
Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 23 For the last 30 years, the Task Force has
taken a collaborative, m ulti-faceted
approach to youth and gang violence
prevention through its coalition of
residents, school officials, com m unity
representatives, service providers, faithbased organizations, local law enforcem ent, and city, county, and state
governm ent leaders.
The City is com m itted to continuing this
collaborative collective im pact m odel
approach, and we recognize the
im portance of identifying areas of im provem ent within our own structure to better achieve our com m on agenda of preventing youth and gang violence. Over the last 30 years, collaborating partners have intentionally engaged in evaluations of its program s to inform its decision m aking and im provem ent strategies. To build on this history of evaluation, the Alliance aim s to establish a shared perform ance m easurement system that will support ongoing m onitoring and continuous im provem ent processes but also identify disparities in how and where services are being provided and who is benefiting from these services. This will better center equity in its decision m aking going forward.
Collective im pact m odels require not only a shared vision and m easurem ents but also a diverse array of expertise and activities to address the problem , dedicated coordination, regular com m unication, and a shared system to track progress and hold each other accountable.26 Most im portantly, collective im pact m odels require true partnership with the com m unity they are intended to benefit.27 While the Alliance has often included com m unity m em bers and residents, there is a need to better am plify the voices, experiences, and Healing Key Result # 1
Re p ort a n n u a lly t o Policy Te a m a n d com m u n it y on p rogra m a n d com m u n it y ou t com es wit h a ra cia l equ it y len s Healing Key Result # 2
In cre a se t h e n u m b e r of com m u n it y voice s, se ct ors, a n d t h ose w it h live d e xp e rie n ce on t h e Policy Te a m
Why are we targeting this key Healin g result?
Sa n José You t h Em p ow e rm e n t Allia n ce St ra t e gic Pla n 24 expertise of those m ost im pacted by youth violence , so that our com m on goal and the activities we decide upon are representative of the com m unity’s aspirations and ideas.
With m any youth, young adults, and their fam ilies that the Alliance serves not accessing beneficial services and resources that exist within the City’s and County’s program s, there is a ne ed to create m ore accessible pathways m ore intentionally to these supportive services and linkages between existing system s.
In 2009, the County Board of Supervisors created the Cross Agency Service Team (CAST) with the purpose of creating and leveraging opportunities for cross-system s coordination to im prove the service delivery system for fam ilies and children to prevent entry into the child welfare and juvenile justice system s. Through an intentional partnership with CAST, the Alliance aim s to stream line the entryways into the City’s and County’s network of supportive services to better m eet the needs of San José residents.
Healing Key Result # 3
Im p le m e n t a join t p ilot w it h Cou n t y/ Cross Age n cy Se rvice s Te a m & Cit y/ You t h In t e rve n t ion Se rvice s in a Project Hope n eigh borh ood
Wh o is in volve d in CAST?
CAST m em bership includes m any of the County hum an service departm ents, the Superior Court Judiciary, First 5, Santa Clara County Office of Education, and num erous com m unity organizations
Why are we targeting this key Healin g result?
Com m u n it y List e n in g Se ssion In pu t
Residents expressed the desire for increased access to a variety of different services and resources offered, especially in neighborhoods with the greatest need and m ost lim ited access. Services and resources m entioned include jobs and job training, parenting support, educational services, basic needs and financial support, m ental health services, and housing services.
25 Appendix A: Mayor and City Council
Mayor Sam Liccardo Vice Mayor
Charles “Ch appie” Jones
District 1
Sergio Jim enez
District 2
Raul Peralez
District 3
David Cohen
District 4
Magdalena Carrasco
District 5
Dev Davis
District 6
Maya Esparza
District 7
Sylvia Arenas
District 8
Pam Foley
District 9
Matt Mahan
District 10
26 Appendix B: Membership
Policy Te a m
Andrea Flores Shelton, Deputy Director, Com m unity Services Division, Parks Recreation and Neighborhood Services
Angel Rios Jr., Deputy City Manager, City of San José
Anthony Mata, Chief of Police & Co-chair, City of San José Carl Mitchell, Senior Deputy City Attorney, City of San José Chris Arriola, Senior Deputy District Attorney, San ta Clara Coun ty District Attorney’s Office Cindy Ch avez, Supervisor, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Cora Tom alinas, Com m un ity Mem ber
Danny Sanchez, Faith-Based Com m unity
Glenn Vander Zee, Superintendent, East Side Union High School District Jon Cicirelli, Director, Parks Recreation and Neighborhood Services Juan Cruz, Superintendent, Franklin-McKinley School District Laura Garnette, Probation Chief, Santa Clara Coun ty Probation Departm ent Laurie Sm ith , Sheriff, Santa Clara Coun ty Sheriff's Office Magdalena Carrasco, Cou ncil Mem ber, City of San José
Mariel Cab allero, Deputy Director, Santa Clara Cou nty Probation Departm ent Dr. Mary Ann Dewan, Superintendent, Santa Clara County Office of Education Honorable L. Michael Clark, Presiding Judge State of Californ ia Superior Court, Santa Clara Cou nty Juvenile Division
Molly O’Neal, Public Defender, Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office Monique Melchor, Director of Career Guidance, work2future Neil Rufino, Assistant Dire ctor, Parks Recreation an d Neighborhood Services Paul Pereira, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Mayor Liccardo, City of San José Raul Peralez, Council Me m ber, City of San José
Sam Liccardo, Mayor & Ch air, City of San José
Sara Cody, M.D., Public He alth Director, Santa Clara Coun ty Public Health Dep artm en t Sparky Harlan, Executive Director, Bill Wilson Cente r
Sylvia Arenas, Council Mem ber, City of San José
27 Te ch n ica l Te a m
(list e d in a lp h a b e t ica l ord e r)
Alum Rock Counseling Ce nter
Alum Rock Union School District
Asian Am erican Recovery Services
Asian Am ericans for Com m unity Involvem ent
Bay Area Tutoring Association
Bay Area Wilderness Training
Bill Wilson Center
Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley
Bridges Academ y
Cath olic Charities of Santa Clara County
Center for Em ploym en t and Training
City of San José — City Manager’s Office
City of San José — Code Enforcem ent
City of San José — Council Districts
City of San José — Housin g Departm ent
City of San José — Indepe ndent Police Auditor
City of San José — Library Departm ent
City of San José — Mayor’s Office
City of San José — Parks, Recreation, and
Neighborhood Services
City of San José – Police Departm ent
City of San José - work2future
ConXión to Com m unity
Coun ty of Santa Clara Departm en t of Alcohol
and Drug Services
Coun ty of Santa Clara Office of the District
Attorney
Coun ty of Santa Clara Health System
Coun ty of Santa Clara Probation Departm ent
Santa Clara County Office of the Public
Defender
Em powering Our Com m u nity for Success
Escuela Popular
East Side Union High School District
Fam ily and Children Services
FIRST 5 of Santa Clara Cou nty
Fresh Lifeline s for Youth (FLY)
Franklin McKinley School District
Bay Area Com m unity He alth
Franklin McKinley Childre n’s Initiative
From the Streets to the Grave
Girl Scouts of Northern California
Grizzly Academ y
Kids in Com m on/OYP Leadership Public
Schools
Knockout Dog Fighting
New Hope for Youth
Project Inspire YWCA
Regional Medical Center
San José Conservation Corps & Charter School
San José Jazz
San José Unified School District
Santa Clara County Housing Authority
Santa Clara County Valley Medical Center,
Hospital and Clinics
Seneca
SVC Tech Ed
Teen Success, Inc.
The Art of Yoga
Ujim a Adult & Fam ily Services
Pacific Clinics (Uplift Fam ily Services)
Victory Outreach
28 Appendix C: Opportunity Neighborhoods *Approved by the Policy Team on October 27, 2022. Formerly known as Hot Spots.
1. Capital Park - New
2. Mayfair
3. Overfelt Area
4. Plata Arroyo - New
5. Poco Way
6. Valley Palm /SJ Apartm ents
7. Cadillac/Winchester
8. Meadows - New
9. Santee/Phelan/Owsley
10. Washington
11.Coy Park/Tradewinds
12. Roundtable/Great Oaks
13. Seven Trees
14. Sylvandale - New
15. Five Wounds/Olinder - New
16. Jeanne Avenue
17. Julian Street
18. Roosevelt Park
29 Appendix D: Community Listening Sessions
The following stakeholder groups (listed alphabetically) participated in listening sessions as part of the creation of the Strategic Plan:
Bill Wilson Center
Black Leadership Kitchen Cabinet
Cross Agency Services Team (CAST)
Catholic Charities
City of San José Youth Com m ission
Clean Slate Tattoo Rem oval Program participants
East San José PEACE Partnership
Fem ale Intervention Team participants—Broadway High School Fem ale Intervention Team participants—Mt. Pleasant High School Fem ale Intervention Team participants—Overfelt High School Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) Youth Council
La Raza Roundtable
Leadership, Education, Activism and Dialogue (LEAD) Filipino Late Night Gym participants at Bascom, Edenvale & Seven Trees New Hope for Youth
Project Hope neighborhood association leaders and residents:
Cadillac/Winchester, Foxdale, Hoffm an-Via Monte, Poco Way, Roundtable, Santee, Washington, Welch Park.
Racial Equity Action Leadership (REAL) Group
Reim agining Public Safety Com m unity Advisory Board – Prevention Com m ittee Technical Team of Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force
Ujim a Adult & Fam ily Services
Youth Intervention Services Safe School Cam pus Initiative 30 Appendix E: Objectives and Key Results
KEY RESULTS OBJECTIVES
3 years
Youth Violence Prevention Strategy
1 year = By December 2023
2023
Y1 (Jan-Dec) OKRs
Reduce youth risk
factors in priority
neighborhoods and
schools
Advance Trauma-Informed,
Healing-Centered
Approaches
100% goal met > 65% goal met < 65% goal met
Increase knowledge
and protective factors
in young people
House at least 6 young people
ProbationJuvenile Justice or Countyreleased from Department of Complete design of a communitylevel response for youth who have committed gun-relatedoffenses
experts to place at least Convene employment sector
15 high
risk youth
Deliver expanded BEST Eligible
Services including youth-driven,whole family, place-basedstrategies.
environment resources enhancements and focus on builtYouth Violence to pilotIdentify blocks with high rates of Conduct at least 3 additional
youth-led, school safety initiatives such as Sandy Hook Promise(Total=6) Develop a Youth Violence
bullying preventionPrevention training plan for
, substance
use, mental health, andhealthy relationships
City and County facilitiesDisseminate information in all on
existing gun violencepracticesprevention and safety
, ordinances
of publicly funded youtcampaign to raise awareness Implement a multilingual h
violence reduction programs
and reduce
Divert from incarceration
recidivism
among young people
ages 12-24
Report annually to Policy Team &
community on program andequity lenscommunity outcomes with a racial
community voicesIncrease the number of
, sectors and
those with lived experience on thePolicy Team
Implement a joint pilot with
County/Cross Agency Services Team & City/Youth InterventionServices in a Project Hope neighborhood
Integrate and align future recommendations from Council related to Reimagining Community Safety and Children and Youth Master Plan 12 31
Appendix F: Acknowledgements
Thank you to all who participated in the developm ent of the Strategic Plan.
Exe cu t ive Com m it t e e
Andrea Flores Shelton, Deputy Director, Com m unity Services Division, Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhood Services
Angel Rios Jr., Deputy City Manager
Anthony Mata, Chief of Police, San José Police Departm ent Jon Cicirelli, Director, Parks Recreation and Neighborhood Services Mario Maciel, Division Manager, Youth Em powerm ent Alliance, Com m unity Services Division, Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
Paul Pereira, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Mayor Sam Liccardo
St ra t e gic Pla n St e e rin g Com m it t e e
Annie Wu, East San José PEACE Partnership, County of Santa Clara Public Health Departm ent
Andrea Flores Shelton, Deputy Director, Com m unity Services Division, Departm ent of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
Carlos Acosta, Captain, San José Police Departm ent
Chris Arriola, Supervising Deputy Attorney, County of Santa Clara Cora Tom alinas, Com m unity Mem ber
Dave DeLong, Division Manager, Parks Recreation and Neighborhood Services Hilda Morales, Project Hope Supervisor, Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Hugo Garcia, Progressions Program Director, San José Jazz Israel Canjura, Superintendent, Youth Em powerm ent Alliance , Parks Recreation and Neighborhood Services
Kyra Kazantzis, Chief Executive Officer, Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits Lidia Doniz, Violence Prevention Program , County of Santa Clara Public Health Departm ent Maria Valle, Strategic Initiatives Advisor, Office of Mayor Sam Liccardo Mariel Caballero, Deputy Director, County of Santa Clara Probation Departm ent Mario Maciel, Division Manager, Youth Em powerm ent Alliance, Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
Marisa McKeown, Supervising Deputy District Attorney, County of Santa Clara Paul Pereira, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Mayor Sam Liccardo Peter Ham ilton, Assistant to the City Manager
Rhonda McClinton-Brown, Director, Health Com m unities Branch, County of Santa Clara Public Health Departm ent
Zulm a Maciel, Director, Office of Racial Equity, City Manager’s Office 32 1 Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force Technical Team Clim ate Reports – Gang Motivated and Gang Rela ted Crimes, San José, 2018-2022 2 United States Census Bureau – Quick facts. Retrieved 3/24/22 from https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanjosecitycalifornia,CA,santaclaracountycalifornia/PST045221 3 United States Census Bureau – Quick facts. Retrieved 3/24/22 from https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanjosecitycalifornia,CA,santaclaracountycalifornia/PST045221 4 Lens Co, Realyst, and Bill Wilson Center - Homeless youth risk and resiliency survey: San José at-a-glance. Retrieved 4/11/22 from https://static1.squarespace.com /static/60f9edefc938741af80081d3/t/618c538e4ba0755cca8d84ff/1636586406190/San+Jose+ HYRRS+2019+Report.pdf
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33 23 Bay Area Equity Atlas – Disconnected youth. Retrieved 6/3/2022 from https://bayareaequityatlas.org/indicators/disconnected-youth# /?breakdown=2&geo=04000000000006085 24 Bay Area Equity Atlas – Disconnected youth. Retrieved 6/3/2022 from https://bayareaequityatlas.org/indicators/disconnected-youth# /?breakdown=3&geo=04000000000006085 25 From traum a-inform ed to healing-centered engagem ent: A Youth Work Teach-In with Dr. Shawn Ginwright. Retrieved 9/8/22 from
https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=NxTSIlWUeg8
26 Collective Im pact Forum – What is collective impact? Retrieved 7/27/22 from https://collectiveim pactforum .org/what-iscollective -im pact/ 27 Collective Im pact Forum – Putting community in collective impact. Retrieved 7/27/22 from https://collectiveim pactforum .org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PuttingCom m unityinCollectiveIm pact.pdf 34 Com m unity Services Division
Youth Intervention Services + Project Hope
San José Youth Em powerm ent Alliance
Departm ent of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services 1694 Adrian Way
San José , CA 95122
This plan was developed by
Resource Developm ent Associates Consulting (RDA).
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